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Wow, lol, I didn't expect so many suggestions! That's a lot of possibilities to consider - thanks you guys.
I don' know how much you use GitHub if at all but it's pretty easy to host a static site at like "Dakota.github.io".I decided to go with Erich's suggestion and use VS Code for now, while I'm learning. Once I know the ropes, it'll be easier to switch to another editor that isn't so hand-holdy, but it's useful now especially since a lot (a WHOLE lot) of beginner HTML/CSS tutorials assume you're using it.
I've been convinced to make my own web-revival personal site. Granted it didn't take much convincing, I've already been getting increasingly fed up with Corp Web over the last five years or so but especially in the last year and a half. But I've recently been looking into some Web 1.0 advocacy sites and communities and finding out that they're small but lively, and that it isn't just a Geocities-throwback nostalgia A E S T H E T I C thing or old people yelling at clouds - I mean yeah there's definitely plenty of both of those, but I also found a lot of pretty good thought put into the case for having a simple personal web space that resonates with me. So then I looked a bit further and it feels like while HTML/CSS/JS is certainly deep and wide, you also don't need to know an awful lot of it to just...have a web site, if you don't really care that much about SEO or monetization.
I prefer nearlyfreespeech.net. If you have any dynamic content at all such one text field you can't use github. If you have a low volume low storage site, nearlyfreespeech can be as little as 30 cents a month. nearlyfreespeech is all linux though.I don' know how much you use GitHub if at all but it's pretty easy to host a static site at like "Dakota.github.io".
I don' know how much you use GitHub if at all but it's pretty easy to host a static site at like "Dakota.github.io".
I'm starting out static of course, and I'm reading up on all the different paths there are, including GitHub/GitLab. But, so far I'm kinda gravitating toward wanting to use FTP just for the simplicity. One less account to manage.I prefer nearlyfreespeech.net. If you have any dynamic content at all such one text field you can't use github. If you have a low volume low storage site, nearlyfreespeech can be as little as 30 cents a month. nearlyfreespeech is all linux though.
Edited to add: I don't think you can use ftp with github. No it doesn't support ftp, sftp or scp. You will need to use clone, pull and push.I'm starting out static of course, and I'm reading up on all the different paths there are, including GitHub/GitLab. But, so far I'm kinda gravitating toward wanting to use FTP just for the simplicity. One less account to manage.
Whatever works for you of course. Winscp is dead simple though. A left panel for local files and a right panel for remote files. Click on a file in one panel and it goes to the other. Winscp is windows based. The only complication is setting the login on the remote server.
I mean that right now I'm leaning toward going with a host that lets me FTP my files straight to them rather than using GitHub as a middleman. But I haven't made a solid decision yet and could change my mind.Edited to add: I don't think you can use ftp with github. No it doesn't support ftp, sftp or scp. You will need to use clone, pull and push.
If you are comfortable setting up and using a Linux environment, I have used Digital ocean as a paid host for probably over a decade now. I have I think the $10 tier, which used to be the second lowest and it easily runs 4 WordPress sites and some static pages. So you could probably use the lowest tier.I'll definitely start out on a free host just to get something up as soon as possible, but I'm almost certainly going to move to a paid host before too long just because I do want a domain eventually.
Have you considered neocities.org?I mean that right now I'm leaning toward going with a host that lets me FTP my files straight to them rather than using GitHub as a middleman. But I haven't made a solid decision yet and could change my mind.
From what I have read, Digital Ocean is a fantastic site. It is where I would go if I had a site with any volume. Cody mentioned starting with a free site that is not github. I think he will find that does not exist. In between, I have heard good things about A2 Hosting, $2/month. They also support ftp which he said he wanted.If you are comfortable setting up and using a Linux environment, I have used Digital ocean as a paid host for probably over a decade now. I have I think the $10 tier, which used to be the second lowest and it easily runs 4 WordPress sites and some static pages. So you could probably use the lowest tier.
It's on my short list since it has free hosting for smaller pages. Also looking at Porkbun for paid hosting since they also have domains for pretty cheap and I already think I'm going to be buying a domain from them.H
Have you considered neocities.org?
had performance review on friday. it was pretty bad. not meeting expectations of role. one step above a PIP. everyone was very disappointed in me, they expected more of a lead engineer. and i was like. hold up since when was i a lead? nobody told me i was a lead. my manager was like "well...everyone talks about you as if you were" which smelled like BS to me so i called his bluff: actually promote me on paper or get off my back. so in other news guess who just got promoted to lead engineer
that time i sucked so badly at my job i got a promotion
On one hand, I admire the ingenuity of this arms race, but on the other.... yeah, fuck those guys, haha.